Couldry, Nick

Why voice matters : culture and politics after neoliberalism / Nick Couldry - Los Angeles : SAGE, c2010. - viii, 176 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-172) and index.

Voice as value -- The crisis of neoliberal economics -- Neoliberal democracy : an oxymoron -- Media and the amplification of neoliberal values -- Philosophies of voice -- Sociologies of voice -- Towards a post-neoliberal politics.

For more than 30 years neoliberalism has declared that market functioning trumps all other social, political and economic values. In this book, the author argues for voice, the effective opportunity for people to speak and be heard on what affects their lives.

9781848606623

2009940424

GBB034167 bnb

015500442 Uk


Neoliberalism
Political participation
Civil rights
Politics and culture
Electronic books

JC574 / .C68 2010

320.51